Your Chevrolet Captiva doesn’t want to start? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem comes from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably possible, actually that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Captiva ? You are on the good article, we have made this post to support you see more clearly and fix your concerns relating to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Chevrolet Captiva, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Chevrolet Captiva
Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Chevrolet Captiva. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Chevrolet Captiva. Actually, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) included in the key, and, a immobilisation control box included in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your Chevrolet Captiva will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will let you start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Captiva
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer permits your Chevrolet Captiva to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Chevrolet Captiva, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not accomplish a less important procedure to restore the normal start of your automobile. Actually, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Chevrolet Captiva), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it contains the start code. Thanks to this code, you will still be able to start your automobile by entering it manually. To do this, turn on the ignition, use your centralized button to enter the digits, several quick presses (example: 2 for digit 2) then a stop of one and a half seconds to validate the digit and resume, replicate the procedure until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Chevrolet Captiva to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If despite a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Chevrolet Captiva still doesn’t want to start, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Chevrolet Captiva. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Chevrolet Captiva key. Determined by who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a duplicate or your “code card” and about 350 euros at your car dealership if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Chevrolet Captiva.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Chevrolet Captiva, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Chevrolet Captiva would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Captiva has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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